Voordat ik aan mijn startpost begin, even een hele korte Q & A.
Q: Wat is nou eigenlijk Trackmania?
A: Trackmania is een surrealistische race game met een hele hoge "fun" factor. Je kan ook gemakkelijk je eigen banen bouwen met behulp van block en je kan je eigen wagen zelf customizen ( de skin ) en dat alles met ingebouwde editors
TrackMania United
Wat is er allemaal nieuw. ik ga hier even quoten, want ik heb geen zin om alles te vertalen.
Over Trackmania zelf:
Produced by the young, talented French studio Nadeo, TrackMania United is the latest version of the most entertaining car racing game available. Released in 2003, the TrackMania series has rapidly become one of the most popular video games for PC thanks to its fast and fun gameplay.
2006 was the year of TrackMania. The game was part of the Video Games World Cup held in Bercy (Paris) where 40 national champions from around the world battled for the coveted title of Best Driver. TrackMania is a worldwide success with titles in the franchise having been downloaded more than 20 million times.
By providing a host of new innovations, including a system for resource sharing and exchange, in-game downloads, online records, virtual money, peer-to-peer online connectivity and a welcoming online community, TrackMania United will be the inspiration for tomorrow's interactive and online video game experience.
The immense single-player campaign includes three game modes and nearly 200 new tracks. Drive at mind-blowing speeds on today's most spectacular tracks full of outrageous jumps, loops, ramps, turbo boosts, hairpin turns and other crazy track designs.
A massive amount of content is available in TrackMania United, as the game brings together the seven environments offered in Sunrise, Original and Nations. Each TrackMania environment has its own look and feel, terrain, vehicle choices and driving techniques. All the environments benefit from new features, design elements and general improvements. "Stadium," the newest environment, benefits from a total makeover with a lighting system, new design blocks and environmental effects.
Like its predecessors, TrackMania United offers a variety of amazing content creation tools that increase the game's replay value. The well-known track editor allows anyone to make their own tracks from a selection of more than 1,000 construction blocks, and then share these tracks in single- or multiplayer modes. In addition to the track editor, a video editing studio lets players create race and stunt videos that can be shared in a variety of video file formats, which allows for open distribution. Last but not least, the paint workshop lets players customise each vehicle's appearance with decals, paints and other visual enhancements.
More than ever before, TrackMania United is multiplayer gaming heaven as gamers now have the possibility of playing any in any of the existing TrackMania environments. More than 100,000 tracks created by players are already available on the Internet and will keep players racing for a near limitless amount of time.
De nieuwe features:
Above all, TrackMania United is a new way to offer players a game that evolves by using easy-to-use but powerful content creation tools and a resource sharing system never before seen in a video game.
TrackMania United revolutionises the series with its new connected* functionality. When equipped with an Internet connection, players can directly exchange all their creations through the game, its interface and its closed Internet network. Each player can have, much like the famous Myspace™, a true online personal space, accessible by entering an address in the game browser or by referencing Manialinks™ **. In this personal space, the player can trade his tracks, vehicles, skins, videos and any other creations for Coppers™, the game's monetary unit.
Coppers™ are used for exchanges made directly through the game and its network. The players can, for example, earn Coppers™ by unlocking single player medals or by exchanging their creations with one another.
In the single-player Official mode, players will earn Coppers™ by establishing the best race times for any single-player track races. The online-ladder rankings system will allow each player, depending on his level, to appear in the regional, national, team or friends rankings. To help players improve, ghosts*** of top ranked players can be downloaded and raced against… which guarantees plenty of fun and challenge
* Additional features and content when an Internet connection is available.
** Game interface where a selection of gamer pages are referenced and which are accessible in the game.
*** Another player's replay
In het kort: TrackMania is eigenlijk een compilatie van alle TrackMania's, maar bevat ook nieuwe dingen en verbeterde graphics.
Screenshots:
Meer screenshots
Video's
Officiële Trailer
Bronnen en links:
www.trackmaniaunited.com
www.tm-united.com
http://media.pc.ign.com/media/849/849388/imgs_1.html